Barney Wolfe
[edit] Biography
Born on June 7, 1876 in Independence, Pennsylvania, Barney Wolfe (Wilbert Otto Wolfe) played for the New York Highlanders and Washington Senators over the course of his 4 year career. Wolfe broke into the bigs on April 24, 1903 with the New York Highlanders, and put up a 2.97 ERA in 148.1 innings pitched in 1903, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Barney Wolfe's best season was 1905, when he posted a 2.57 ERA and struck out 52 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1903
| NY
| A
| 20
| 16
| 6
| 9
| 2.97
| 48
| 66
| 49
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 148.1
| 143
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 6
|
| 1904
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 16
| 6
| 9
| 3.27
| 44
| 64
| 46
| 13
| 2
| 0
| 126.2
| 131
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 11
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3.21
| 8
| 18
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 33.2
| 31
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1904
| TOT
| A
| 24
| 19
| 6
| 12
| 3.26
| 52
| 82
| 58
| 15
| 2
| 0
| 160.1
| 162
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 13
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 28
| 23
| 9
| 13
| 2.57
| 52
| 76
| 52
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 182
| 162
| 1
| 37
| 0
| 4
| 8
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 4.05
| 8
| 11
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 17
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 76
| 61
| 21
| 37
| 2.96
| 160
| 235
| 168
| 46
| 4
| 1
| 510.2
| 484
| 3
| 99
| 0
| 11
| 29
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1903
| NY
| A
| P
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 45
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1904
| WAS
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 31
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| P
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1904
| TOT
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 44
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 48
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 144
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1903
| NY
| A
| 20
| 53
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .075
| .109
| .094
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| WAS
| A
| 17
| 42
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .119
| .213
| .119
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| NY
| A
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .091
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| TOT
| A
| 24
| 52
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .096
| .190
| .096
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| WAS
| A
| 28
| 63
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 5
| .127
| .154
| .222
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| WAS
| A
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .286
| .286
| .286
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 76
| 175
| 12
| 19
| 1
| 7
| .109
| .157
| .149
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Highlanders with Tom Hughes to Washington Senators in exchange for Al Orth (July 20, 1904).
- Released by Washington Senators (June, 1906).
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